Microsoft and Amazon are starting to show the benefits of the integration of their Digital Assistants Cortana and Alexa to many users
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Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Microsoft Edition also coming April 21 with Microsoft ‘customization’
Office, OneDrive, Cortana, Outlook and "more" productivity-focused apps are pre-installed on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition.
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Microsoft added random rainbow circles to Outlook Mail and they’re terrible
Random color circles added to the email listing in Outlook Mail on Windows 10 break the visual hierarchy and distract the eye from finding the actual important emails.
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Sunrise Calendar sunsets today as Outlook for iOS and Android improves
Sunrise Calendar is operating for one final day today after its owner, Microsoft, announced in May that it would be shut down by the end of August.So, why the delay in closure? It was mainly so that Microsoft could deliver new features to the calendar built into Outlook for iOS and Android, which have started rolling out today. They include:“Interesting Calendars,” which add on an array of events based currently on sports team activities and on other topics that will come soon.New icons ...
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What if the good Outlook ran on smartphones?
The desktop version of Microsoft Outlook has always been pretty much the most powerful personal information and email management program around. This is the THE software that most employees in most businesses have open and running at all times. If you’re a blogger that swears by Gmail or an employee who’s business has switched to Google Docs, you’re missing out on some serious functionality that makes life so much easier especially when paired with Microsoft Exchange server of Office 365 Business (if you know what you’re doing). We’re talking about ...
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Microsoft brings Hub Keyboard to iOS, as Outlook gains support for Calendar Apps
For all the struggles Microsoft’s own mobile platforms have gone through, and the difficulty the company’s faced in acquiring a greater share of the smartphone market, Microsoft’s kept a pretty good attitude when it comes to app development. Rather than focus its energies on Windows 10 Mobile exclusives in an effort to draw users to its side, the company’s instead quite willing to code apps for its competition, and we find Android and iOS alike practically inundated with Microsoft apps. Today we’ve got news of a couple developments from that scene, as
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Gmailify brings Gmail features to third-party email accounts
Email may no longer find itself on the top of the list of ways you reach out to communicate with someone online, but even as it sees its star fade a little, it’s still the backbone of the internet’s communication infrastructure. As a result, it’s no surprise how protective we can be of our email addresses, and losing access to an account or being forced to change our address can feel a bit like losing our identity – not to mention creating a major logistical headache in the process. If that’s left you hesitant to check out the options from some other email ...
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Microsoft introduces new Outlook apps for iOS, Android
Last week’s Windows 10 event brought us the latest preview of not just Microsoft’s direction for the next evolution of its operating system, but also of some of the key software titles that users will be working with. That means a lot of members from the Office family of products, and while this software may call Microsoft’s own platforms home, the company’s been working towards making more and more of these titles available for users of other mobile ecosystems. Today ...
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